Supported software for BigFix Inventory Server

The tables in this section provide detailed information about the system prerequisites for BigFix Inventory 10.

Operating systems: Linux Windows

Prerequisites: Asset Management Databases Runtime Environment Web Browsers
Table 1. Linux
Operating system Hardware Bitness Operating system minimum Notes Product minimum
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6 x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 6.3 (2)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7 x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (2) (2)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8.2 x86-64 64-Tolerate 8.2 10.0.3
Table 2. Windows
Operating system Hardware Bitness Operating system minimum Notes Product minimum End of support
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2019 Essentials Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1)(3), Service Pack 1 (1)(3) (1) (2) (3) Not supported
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1)(3), Service Pack 1 (1)(3) (2) (3) Not supported
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x86-32 32 Base (3), SP2 (3) (3) Not supported
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (3), SP2 (3) (2) (3) Not supported
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1)(3), Service Pack 1 (1)(3) (1) (2) (3) Not supported
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1) (1) (2)
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Edition x86-64 64-Exploit,64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2016 Essentials Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate Base (1) (1)
  1. BigFix Inventory works with Windows 2019 Exploit Protection feature turned on including configurations with SSO enabled.
Table 3. Asset Management
Prerequisite Version Prerequisite minimum Available for version Operating system restrictions End of support
BigFix Platform 10.0.0 10.0.0 10.0.0 No
9.5 9.5 9.5 No
9.2.6 and future fix packs 9.2.6 9.2.6, 9.2.7, 9.2.8, 9.2.9, 9.2.10, 9.2.11, 9.2.12, 9.2.14, 9.2.16, 9.2.17, 10.0.0 No (1)
Endpoint Manager Platform 9.2.0 and future fix packs 9.2.0 9.2.0, 9.2.1.0, 9.2.2.0, 9.2.3.0, 9.2.5.0 No (1)
  1. Support for BigFix Platform 9.2 ends on April 30th, 2022. For more information, see BigFix forum announcement.
Table 4. Database
Prerequisite Version Prerequisite minimum Operating system restrictions Only supported on Available for version Future versions, releases Future fix packs Notes Product minimum
DB2 Advanced Edition VPC Option 11.5.0.0 11.5.0.0 Yes View 11.5.0.0 (1) (1)
DB2 Standard Edition VPC Option 11.5.0.0 11.5.0.0 Yes View 11.5.0.0 (1) (1)
Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition 2012 and future fix packs 2012 No 2012 (3) No Yes (3)
2014 and future fix packs 2014 No 2014 (2) No Yes (2)
2016 and future fix packs 2016 No 2016 No Yes (2)
2017 and future fix packs 2017 Yes View (5)
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 and future fix packs 2012 No No Yes (4)
2014 and future fix packs 2014 No No Yes (6)
2016 and future fix packs 2016 No No Yes (2)
2017 and future fix packs 2017 No No Yes (5)
Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition 2012 and future fix packs 2012 No No Yes (3)
2014 and future fix packs 2014 No No Yes (2)
2016 and future fix packs 2016 No No Yes (2)
2017 and future fix packs 2017 Yes View No Yes (5)
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 - All editions - Standard, Enterprise, and Express 2019 Yes View No Yes (5) 10.0.5
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 - All editions - Standard, Enterprise, and Express 2022 Yes View No Yes (5)
  1. To use DB2 as a database, BigFix Inventory server must be installed on Linux. Use a DB2 instance with default settings. Other required database settings are configured by BigFix Inventory server installer. Restriction: If you specify non-default DB2 settings, BigFix Inventory server might not work properly.
  2. To use SQL Server as a database, BigFix Inventory server must be installed on Windows. Ensure that snapshot isolation is enabled in the SQL Server. For information about the requirements, see the Microsoft SQL Server documentation. The support for AlwaysOn solution has not been tested.
  3. To use SQL Server as a database, BigFix Inventory server must be installed on Windows. Ensure that snapshot isolation is enabled in the SQL Server. For information about the requirements, see the Microsoft SQL Server documentation. The support for AlwaysOn solution has not been tested. Important: If you use SQL Server 2012, install cumulative update 5 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 to prevent possible corruption of the database.
  4. To use SQL Server as a database, BigFix Inventory server must be installed on Windows. Ensure that snapshot isolation is enabled in the SQL Server. For information about the requirements, see the Microsoft SQL Server documentation. The support for AlwaysOn solution has not been tested. Important: If you use SQL Server 2012, install cumulative update 5 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 to prevent possible corruption of the database. Express Editions are supported only for environments with up to 500 endpoints, because they limit the disk space available to each database instance. For the same reason, BigFix must be dedicated to BigFix Inventory server and contain only the BigFix Inventory server fixlet site. Other applications and their fixlet sites would increase the required disk space resulting in problems with the database.
  5. To use SQL Server as a database, BigFix Inventory server must be installed on Windows. Ensure that snapshot isolation is enabled in the SQL Server. For information about the requirements, see the Microsoft SQL Server documentation. The support for AlwaysOn solution has not been tested. Cumulative Update Package 15 (or later) for SQL Server 2017 - KB4498951 must be installed. To use SQL Server as a database, BigFix Inventory server must be installed on Windows.
  6. To use SQL Server as a database, BigFix Inventory server must be installed on Windows. Ensure that snapshot isolation is enabled in the SQL Server. For information about the requirements, see the Microsoft SQL Server documentation. The support for AlwaysOn solution has not been tested. Express Editions are supported only for environments with up to 500 endpoints, because they limit the disk space available to each database instance. For the same reason, BigFix must be dedicated to BigFix Inventory server and contain only the BigFix Inventory server fixlet site. Other applications and their fixlet sites would increase the required disk space resulting in problems with the database.
Table 5. Runtime Environment
Prerequisite Version Prerequisite minimum Future Versions, Releases Future Fix Packs Operating system restrictions Notes
Windows Script Host 5.8 and future fix packs 5.8 No Yes View (1)
Runtime Environment notes
  1. Windows Script Host must be enabled on Windows endpoints.
Table 6. Web Browsers
Prerequisite Version Prerequisite minimum FutureVersions, Releases Future Fix Packs Operating system restrictions Notes
Google Chrome 35 and future versions, releases and fix packs 35 Yes Yes No No
Microsoft Edge 13 and future versions, releases and fix packs 13 Yes Yes No No
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0 and future versions, releases and fix packs 17.0 Yes Yes No (1)
Web Browser notes:
  1. Starting from 10.0.3 TLS 1.2 is used by default. It is not recommended to use older, less secure protocols.